A 6-month old child is being cared for at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston after a severe mauling by a pack of dogs south of Kirbyville on CR 601A around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18.

Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said, "The man was walking down the road and holding his baby in his arms when the pack of dogs attacked him and his baby. The baby was transported by EMS to Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital and later flown to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston for emergency surgery. Jasper County Sheriff's Office confiscated all 5 dogs involved in the attack and one was a pit-bull. A case will be filed with the Jasper County District Attorney's Office as well as Justice of the Peace PCT 3 Mike Smith in Kirbyville."